Thousands of home-goers were stuck on three highways and connecting roads on Thursday due to serious traffic jam as a large number of vehicles left the capital with homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Serious traffic jam was reported on Dhaka-Chittagong,…
An electrician was killed by a lightning strike at Deula Madhyapara village in Baghmara upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Birendranath Sarker, 48.
Chandpur District administration recently distributed more than 948.720 tonnes of rice among 70,226 VGF card holders of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF).
The authority of Chittagong University (CU) today opened the newly-constructed Gymnasium and the newly-launched “Physical Education and Sports Science” department here.CU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury formally inaugurated the gymnasium as well as the new department at a…
The 262-crore Kapotakkha River dredging project is now nearing completion, raising hope among the people living in its vicinity that there will be a better life for them soon.Once implemented fully, it will lead to creation of more arable land and…
All export and import activities through Sonamasjid land port will remain closed for five days from yesterday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
A minor boy drowned in a well at Baulia village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as one year and three months old Siam, son of Shahidul Islam of the village.
Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh amid the rush on highways ahead of the Eid have left 16 people killed in a single day. Collision between truck and autorickshaw claimed four lives in Sunamganj while three were run over by bus…
Four people were killed and another was injured when a truck and an auto-rickshaw collided on the Sylhet-Chhatak road near Hasnabad at about 8 am on Wednesday. According to reports the goods laden Sylhet-bound truck crashed on the Cng autorickshaw…
A man died from electrocution at Gopalhati village in Puthia upazila on Monday.The deceased was identified as Hafiz Uddin, 40, son of Bhadur Uddin of the village.
A former union parishad member was stabbed to death by his rival over previous enmity at Gayeshpur village in Badalgachhi upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Jewel Hossain, a resident of the village.
Despite movement of a large number of vehicles, the traffic situation remained normal at Chandra Trimore point on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the district on Tuesday morning after three days’ gridlock.Community police along with highway, traffic and district police continues…
Doctors of both public hospitals and private clinics in the district went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday, demanding the withdrawal of a murder case filed against doctors and Ekota Hospital.
Staff reporter 5,40,000 yabatablets seized, 5 drug dealer arrested in Siddirganj
Although the government has earmarked some spots for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha to keep the city clean, the initiative seems to be ineffective as city dwellers are worried how they will carry the meat back home from…
Kishoreganj District Administration have been tight security measures in the district town and its adjoining areas for ensuring a pleasant Eid-ul-Azha celebraion sheduled to be held on September 25 (Friday).The sepcial decision was taken at a meeting held at Local…
A good number of people started leaving the Sylhet from Friday morning to observe the Holy Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at village homes.Family members, especially wives, children, students and elderly ones were going earlier to avoid the…
The four-day Tax Fair,a part of the country wide programe to motivate the citizens for paying taxes has began here at Narsingdi pourashava auditorium on Friday Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Suriaya Begum inaugurated the fair as chief guest with Deputy…
Eight persons died when a mini truck carrying around 20 people, a team of local kabaddi players, overturned and fell off a bridge near Suarapalli village on the Lahunipara-Baharaposi in Sundargarh district on Saturday. Nine people have sustained severe injuries.…
Bodies of two young men, who went missing after an engine-run boat capsized at Chakuria Haor in Ashtogram upazila on Tuesday morning, were recovered on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Aftab,28, son of Abdul Rohai, and Sohel,30, son…
The body of Aman Momtaz Moudud, the only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, arrived here from Singapore on Wednesday evening.
A young man was killed in a road accident in Paduar Bazar bypass area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as, Rafiqul Islam, 38, a meter reader of Comilla Palli Bidyut Samity-2,…
Thakurgaon district unit of Bangladesh Chemists and Druggists Association (BCDA) went on a strike on Tuesday evening demanding release of the owner of a drugstore in the town.Sources said officials of Department of Narcotics Control on Wednesday morning arrested Tulen…
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributed relief materials among 1,000 flood affected people of three char unions of the district on Tuesday to mitigate their sufferings.Each of the relief packages contained 10-kg of rice, a litre of soybean oil, one…
The body of Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali, who died on Monday at a Singapore hospital, has reached Dhaka.
A young man was killed in a head on collision between a motorcycle and a truck in front of Magura Textile Mill on the Magura-Jessore Highway in Sadar upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Assaduzzaman Jewel, 32, son…
One person was killed and five others were injured as a bus knocked down a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Ram Char on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara road under Salanga police station on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil, 50, teacher of…
A teenage girl reportedly committed suicide by cutting vein of hand at Sherali Madonpur village in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district on Tuesday early morning.The deceased was identified as Musfika Khatun alias Akhi, 15, daughter of Mustafizur Rahman, a resident…
A woman was killed in a road accident at Asmot Ali Bridge area under Sadar upazila last night.The deceased was Akhlima Begum, 38, wife of Surat Ali, resident of Kulpoddi area of the upazila.
Optimum consumption of micro nutrient-rich small fishes effectively saves the pregnant women, lactating mothers, babies and malnourished children from many severe diseases meeting their nutritional demand.Despite laudable success achieved so far in the health sector, malnutrition of the pregnant women,…